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Debian: DSA-2487-1 Critical: OpenOffice.org Code Exec Risk

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Calendar Grey June 7, 2012
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LibreOffice security patch for Ubuntu fixes severe memory leak that may result in arbitrary code execution.
It was discovered that OpenOffice.org would not properly process crafted document files, possibly leading to arbitrary code execution

Summary

It was discovered that OpenOffice.org would not properly process
crafted document files, possibly leading to arbitrary code execution.

CVE-2012-1149
Integer overflows in PNG image handling

CVE-2012-2334
Integer overflow in operator new[] invocation and heap-based
buffer overflow inside the MS-ODRAW parser

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in
version 1:3.2.1-11+squeeze6.

For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in
version 1:3.5.2~rc2-1 of the libreoffice package.

We recommend that you upgrade your openoffice.org packages.

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: http://www.debian.org/security/



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Package: openoffice.org
CVE ID: CVE-2012-1149 CVE-2012-2334

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